It's a snow job

The plow
RUMBLES
down the road,
and like the
returning
tiDE
on a flat sand
beach, pushes
wAVes
of snow to the
side of the road,
sPiLLiNg
and rolling it into
driveways and
waLKways,
SiGnaLLinG
the tiMe is
riGht for
BuiLDing
cAstles and
maKing new
fRienDs

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It's not always easy to find the motivation to bundle up and go outside on cold, snowy days, but when the storm passes and the sun comes out, a snow-covered landscape is a wonderland. There's a hush and fresh feeling in the air.

And if the snow is good for snowballs, it's good for making snow people.

Oceana above was one in a series of snofolk I made for winter greetings. She, like all the others, lasted a few good days before her seashell nose and muscle-shell necklace started to drop. She was quickly and gracefully dismantled.

Whether it's snowing or the sun is shining where you live, I hope you'll find your way outdoors today.

Despite the snowfall, winter has yet to arrive, but with visions of spring atop my desk, here's a close-up peek at another floral collage in the works the upcoming journal, A Garden of Good Things.